A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday is calling on every segment of the American public for suggestions to fix broken areas of government.
“All Americans will be able to submit suggestions and ideas on how to make government work better for them,” the White House said on its website.
“Our moral duty to the taxpayer requires us to make our government leaner and more accountable. We must do a lot more with less,” Trump said in a the release.
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The release also quoted a Trump speech from the campaign trail before he won the presidency, describing his approach to a leaner government.
“I will ask that savings be accomplished through common-sense reforms that eliminate government waste and budget gimmicks — and that protect, absolutely protect, hard-earned benefits for Americans,” he said.
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Trump signed the order with Mick Mulvaney, head of the Office of Management and Budget and a notable “budget hawk,” standing next to him, according to the Washington Examiner, which noted Trump’s order was a “first for Washington.”
“Based on this input, we will develop a detailed plan to make the federal government work better, reorganizing, consolidating and eliminating where necessary,” Trump said. “In other words, making the federal government more efficient and very, very cost productive. So we’re going to do something, I think, very, very special.”
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In the news release, Trump said he had directed the OMB head “to submit a comprehensive plan to reorganize executive branch departments and agencies.”
“Each agency and department will submit a detailed report including ideas for concrete improvements to enhance its efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability.”
Conservative groups were optimistic about the new executive order, saying they believed it would return power from Washington to the American people.
Kent Lassman, president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, called Trump’s order a long overdue development.
“The burden of the federal government on the economy has grown like kudzu over the past two decades, under both parties, and it needs to be thinned to allow room for innovation and dynamic enterprise,” he said.
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“The president’s executive order to reorganize the executive branch is an encouraging sign for consumers, taxpayers, and businesses alike because it shows he is focused on the serious negative effects of too much complex regulation.”
Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, was more enthusiastic in praising the initiative.
“Too many politicians come into Washington promising to drain the swamp and quickly decide it is a hot tub,” Norquist said. “Trump has decided to act quickly before he or his administration got seduced into thinking ‘slow and stupid’ is the acceptable norm.”
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